Tolkien stated that the deficit remaining after [[Mardil|Steward Mardil]]'s 2-day addition to {{TA|2059}} was "about 8 hours".<ref name="D2" /> ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'' states that the remaining deficit at the end of {{TA|2059|n}} should have amounted to "2 hours, 16 minutes, 40 seconds".<ref name="RC" />

Tolkien stated that the deficit remaining after [[Mardil|Steward Mardil]]'s 2-day addition to {{TA|2059}} was "about 8 hours".<ref name="D2" /> ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'' states that the remaining deficit at the end of {{TA|2059|n}} should have amounted to "2 hours, 16 minutes, 40 seconds".<ref name="RC" />

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Some have suggested (including ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion|The Reader's Companion]]'') that Tolkien's "about 8 hours" deficit refers to the end of {{TA|2060|n}}, but only if the leap day in {{TA|2060|n}} was dropped in consequence.<ref name="RC" /><ref name="TLvAR">{{webcite|articleurl=http://rinsanity.weebly.com/tolkien.html|articlename=Tolkien's Legendarium versus Astronomical Reality|website=[http://rinsanity.weebly.com/ Redirected Insanity]|author=Aaron Chong|accessed=15 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="lal">{{webcite|articleurl=http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Time.html|articlename=The Reckoning of Time|author=[[Andreas Möhn]]|website=Lalaith|accessed=30 April 2006}}</ref>

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Some have suggested (including ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion|The Reader's Companion]]'') that Tolkien's "about 8 hours" deficit refers to the end of {{TA|2060|n}}, but only if the leap day in {{TA|2060|n}} was dropped in consequence.<ref name="RC" /><ref name="TLvAR">{{webcite|articleurl=http://rinsanity.weebly.com/tolkien.html|articlename=Tolkien's Legendarium versus Astronomical Reality|dated=5 March 2016|website=[http://rinsanity.weebly.com/ Redirected Insanity]|author=Aaron Chong|accessed=15 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="lal">{{webcite|articleurl=http://lalaith.vpsurf.de/Tolkien/Time.html|articlename=The Reckoning of Time|author=[[Andreas Möhn]]|website=Lalaith|accessed=30 April 2006}}</ref>

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On the other hand, Tolkien's puzzling "about 8 hours" may have been a result of a mathematical shortcut of using the deficit calculation for the end of [[Second Age]] 5501 (which would have been the same year as {{TA|2060}} if the count of Second Age years had continued) instead of correctly calculating the deficit for {{SA|3441}} plus the end of {{TA|2060}}.<ref name="psarandoKR">{{webcite|author=Paul Sarando|articleurl=https://psarando.github.io/shire-reckoning/Kings_Reckoning_Rules_and_Deficit.html|articlename=The Kings’ Reckoning Rules and the ''Deficit''|website=[https://psarando.github.io/shire-reckoning/ Shire Reckoning: A visualization of the calendars described in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Appendix D]|accessed=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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[[Andreas Möhn]] goes further in his blog post "[https://lalaithmesp.blogspot.de/2018/03/tolkien-has-reckoned-correct-after-all.html Tolkien has reckoned correct after all]", speculating that Tolkien "failed to specify" additional Stewards' Reckoning rules, which would explain the deficit figures published in [[Appendix D]].<ref name="lalaithmesp">{{webcite|articleurl=https://lalaithmesp.blogspot.de/2018/03/tolkien-has-reckoned-correct-after-all.html|articlename=Tolkien has reckoned correct after all|author=[[Andreas Möhn]]|dated=9 March 2018|website=Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages|accessed=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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[https://psarando.github.io/shire-reckoning/Kings_Reckoning_Rules_and_Deficit.html Paul Sarando] suggests instead that a simpler explanation for

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Tolkien's puzzling "about 8 hours" may have been the result of a mathematical shortcut of using the deficit calculation for the end of [[Second Age]] 5501 (which would have been the same year as {{TA|2060}} if the count of Second Age years had continued) instead of correctly calculating the deficit for {{SA|3441}} plus the end of {{TA|2060}}.<ref name="psarandoKR">{{webcite|author=Paul Sarando|articleurl=https://psarando.github.io/shire-reckoning/Kings_Reckoning_Rules_and_Deficit.html|articlename=The Kings’ Reckoning Rules and the ''Deficit''|website=[https://psarando.github.io/shire-reckoning/ Shire Reckoning: A visualization of the calendars described in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Appendix D]|accessed=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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History

To correct the accumulating deficit of the calendar, Steward Mardil inserted two leap days into T.A.2059. In addition, he reformed the calendar, to take effect in 2060, by making all months of equal length at 30 days and arranging the two extra days as holidays outside of the months. In 2360 Steward Hador added 1 day to that year. There were no millennial additions in 3000, but by the end of the Third Age the calendar was in deficit by less than 1 day.

The Stewards' Reckoning was eventually adopted by most speakers of Westron.

The Calendar

The Revised Calendar consisted of twelve months, each of thirty days, and five additional days that belonged to no month. The months were taken from those of the Kings' Reckoning, with the change that the seventh and eighth months were shortened to thirty days, and the two days placed outside the months as tuilérë, meaning Spring-day, and yáviérë, meaning Autumn-day.

Paul Sarando suggests instead that a simpler explanation for
Tolkien's puzzling "about 8 hours" may have been the result of a mathematical shortcut of using the deficit calculation for the end of Second Age 5501 (which would have been the same year as T.A.2060 if the count of Second Age years had continued) instead of correctly calculating the deficit for S.A.3441 plus the end of T.A.2060.[6]